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Grand Challenges partnership projects
Who are UCL Grand Challenges?
UCL Grand Challenges tackles complex global, national and local issues through interdisciplinary research and collaboration, harnessing UCL's diverse expertise to drive meaningful change.
In September 2023, the evolved Grand Challenges programme introduced five new themes, three up-and-running (Climate Crisis, Mental Health & Wellbeing, and Data-Empowered Societies), and two set to launch within the next two years (Inequalities, and Cultural Understanding). The programme's broadened scope aims to maximize the potential of UCL’s world-class students, equipping them with the skills and experience to work collaboratively on global issues both during their time at university and in their future careers.
UCL Grand Challenges is partnering with UCL ChangeMakers to support projects aimed at integrating the Grand Challenges themes further into UCL’s education and student experience.
What are the UCL Grand Challenge X ChangeMakers projects?
UCL Grand Challenges has additional funding available this year to support at least 10 projects specifically focused on enhancing the UCL learning and student experience within the Grand Challenge themes of. Apply for funds of up to £1560 to tackle:
Projects must also have an impact on one of the two key ChangeMakers themes:
Who can apply?
- Anyone within UCL can apply for project funding.
- We particularly welcome applications from staff and students who are underrepresented and/or identify as belonging to a marginalised group.
- Applications must be jointly made between staff and students to signal a partnership approach from the outset. We’d like to see at least two students and one member of staff in partnership, but the teams can be bigger than this,
If you have an idea in mind and are not sure if it would fall under the remit of a Grand Challenge theme, or you’re not sure who to work with in your department, please reach out to Milly Metcalfe, m.metcalfe@ucl.ac.uk.
When would the projects be carried out?
These student-staff partnership projects are small-scale, and should take around 12 weeks. Currently we hope to get project teams up and running by the end of March. Projects should be ending by early June.